Q: What do these Symptoms Indicate?
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DoctorQuestion
on August 21st, 2006
I AM EXPERIENCING PERFLEXING SYMPTOMS THAT HAVE NO EXPLAINATION. FOR 13 YEARS I HAVE FELT POORLY. SYMPTOMS LIKE THE FLU HIT, I HAD BODY ACHES FOR 8 MONTHS WITH EXTREME FATIQUE. I GET WOKEN UP BY A SENSATION OF HEART PALPITATIONS AND NERVOUSNESS. THIS DISAPPEARS WHEN I SIT UP. SO NOW WHEN I AM IN A EPISODE I SLEEP SITTING UPRIGHT. MY SKELETON JUST CRUNCHED AT ALL JOINTS DURING THIS TIME. NO FEVER. MY ANA WAS SPECKLED AND SED RATE WAS 22. OTHERWISE I WAS NORMAL WITH LABS. SINCE THEN EVERY 2 TO 3 MONTHS THIS RE-OCCURS. MY LAST 2 LABS HAVE SHOWN PERFECT RESULTS. SO FAR MY ENTIRE BODY HAS BEEN AFFECTED. MY RESTING HEART RATE IS 34 ACTIVITY RAISES IT TO ONLY 100. I RECENTLY HAD AN EMG AND IT SHOWED AXON NEUROPATHY WITHOUT CAUSE. A PENDING BIOPSY OF MY SURAL NERVE AND GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE WILL HAPPEN AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. MY NEUROLOGIST CLAIMS ONLY DIABETICS GET THIS. I AM NOT A DIABETIC NOR AN ALCOHOLIC. I DO NOT CONSUME ANY ALCOHOL. EPISODES OF PAIN STILL OCCUR AND I STILL HAVE NO ANSWERS. I RECENTLY HAD REPEAT LABS PERFORMED AND AGAIN ALL WAS PERFECT! A MRI OF HEAD,NECK AND SPINE WERE ALSO NORMAL. LUPUS WAS ALWAYS A QUESTION BUT ALL LABS SAY OTHERWISE. I HAVE NO FACIAL RASH EXCEPT BOTH OF MY EYELIDS AND EAR CANALS HAVE AN ITCHY RAISE SCALY RASH. IT IMPROVES WITH THE USE OF A MEDROL PACK BUT IS ONLY A TEMPORARY FIX. WHAT COULD BE HAPPENING TO ME?
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